Company Outings

Hopefully, through these blogs you have come to realize that at Par Aide we truly value our staff, all of them.  As part of our appreciation for jobs well done, we like to have both impromptu BBQs and annual summer/winter parties.  I am looking for ideas. In the past, the summer party is more of [...]

Bought a Pig

I did.  Well I didn’t physically go and pick it out but through an auction with a friend bidding, I bought a pig. And, it’s an award winner to boot! A few years ago, a good friend, Bob Frank, who is a rep for MTI (Toro dealer here in Twin Cities), told me that his daughter [...]

Social Media:

So that no one thinks I am dissin’ them, I am not a member of any of the networking internet sites. I hope to never have to sign up with Plaxo or Linkedin or any other. This is partly because I don’t understand why I would want to be signed up. Friends are always welcome [...]

Holiday Cards

It’s that time of year again when greeting cards are sent business to business and between friends.  I am not sure how this ever started but the cynical side of me would suggest a greeting card company. Personally, I really like to receive them from friends both far and near. However, I have a couple [...]

Voicemail

Call my voice mail and you will get something like the following.  ‘This is Steve Garske and thank you for calling Par Aide. I am not in right now…..’  No problem except that in this day of cell phones and email, I tend to forget to check my voice mail.  So here is what I [...]